Winter Owls ATC

This weeks mingle theme with Altered designs was Owls, so out came the good old Owl template to make this.

Skinny HO HO HO

This months lottery with Altered designs was to make a Christmas skinny, that's 3" x 5". Its the first time I have worked on a skinny and I loved the size, well this is what I came up with.

Black and white ATC

This weeks mingle with Altered designs was black n white. Here are mine

Halloween goodies

Now Halloween is over I can show you the penny slider card, little skull charms and sweet boxes I made for my Nephews for Halloween, even my Hubby got a sweety box this year !

Witchey Poo doll

This year I wanted to make a witch doll, here she is, complete with broom stick made form branches from the garden and her black cat Spells.

I made the dolls body from a pattern from the net but the dress I made up myself, the first time I have ever done such a thing, have made lots of things from patterns but never cut one myself, so on the whole it turned out well.

I think she is a fan of Strictly come dancing, on in the UK at the moment, with all her sequins around her dress, I am sure this Saturday on Halloween she with be Tangoing around the bone fire with all her witchy friends and if they can't dance then I am sure they have a spell for that!!

Cup cake caed

It was my sisters birthday on Saturday and here is the card I made for her with Hero Arts stamps, they looked good enough to eat! Hope you had a great day Teresa!

Surf shack sign

My sister bought a summer house for the bottom of the garden for my nephews to use as a den, they have decorated it out in soft vintage surfing colours so I decided to make them a sign to hang in their window. Of course they didn't make it easy as they wanted a sign they could change to show when they where in and when they were out !

I used grey board , painted and stamped it then added a hibiscus flowers to give it the tropical island feel. I also decorated the back so when it was hung up you had something to look at. I was pleased with the result and they loved it too.

Metal picture

Mixed Media Mondays challenge for this week was to use metal or metallic, I bought some copper sheet last year to do this project as a very talented member of Altered design used the same technique back last year and I loved it so much I wanted to give it a try. You emboss metal sheet with the embossing folder and then colour with alcohol inks. All I need to get now is some chain to add to it so I can hang it up.

Child ATCs

Think Monday Think ATCs challenge this week was child with a doll but while looking for an image to use I found this wonderful image of a child with her teddy, just so cute I had to use that one too

Circle ATC

This weeks theme with Altered design was to use circles, here is mine

ipod cover

My wonderful husband bought me a new ipod at the weekend to replace my old one, a ipod mini which has had selective memory for almost 18 months. One day it plays the next time you switch it on it says there is no music there, so frustrating. Also the CD player in my craft room had been on the blink for the past year, I wonder if they have been talking? Anyway now I have a new ipod and dock for my craft room. I didn't want a case to cover the fantastic colour so I made one myself out of felt and using my owl template again, this time I added headphones for him, or ear muffs depending on what time of year it is !!!!

Ice cream sunday layout

I struggled all day at the crop this month to get this to work, in the end I moved onto something else and when I got home I changes the background paper and added a few bits and it worked !! That was such a nice ice cream!!

peanut butter cup cakes

A couple of weeks ago my 2 nephews came over for a craft day, in the morning we made these delicious peanut butter cup cakes for our afternoon tea, scummy!

Colour ATC

This weeks theme for my Google group Altered designs was colour which was a good excuse to get out my water soluble wax crayons and make a background, then all it needed was an image and some colourful lettering and I was done. It also fitted with Think Monday Think ATCs challenge of mixed media, crayon, paper, card and ink ( around the edges of the image and ATC )

Skull ATC

Here is the ATC I made for the Thank God its Friday skull challenge, SPOOKY !!

Halloween banner

The challenge this week on Mixed Media Monday was to make something round. As I am in a Halloween state of mind at the moment I decided to get my Nestibilities out and make a Halloween banner to add to my growing collection of Halloween decorations. I had also just bought the great skeleton die and it was a good excuse to try him out!

Halloween Swap

I have been taking part in a Halloween swap with my Google group Altered designs. It was a 2 for 2 ATC swap which I had great fun with. I couldn't just post off the cards without making a little folder and fun envelope for them, just hope it makes it OK.

Little Owl

Today I made this little Owl for the Mixed Media Monday stitches challenge. Made of felt, about 6.5 cm with bead and sequin feathers and big gem owly eyes, I am so pleased with how cute he turned out!

3D ATC challenge

I love this idea from The Saturday workout challenge site to make 3D ATCs. I made mine out of Grey board and chose a Halloween theme as I thought it would be great to put on the mantle over Halloween. Edgar Allen Poe on the front and the raven stamped on the back

Jigsaw pictures

Here are a couple of the things that kept me sane while stick on the settee whilst in plaster, I had had the giant jigsaw pieces for a while but was so pleased with how they turned out I decided to frame them.